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  • What is the main function of the judicial branch?
    Interprets laws
  • What are Locke's Natural Rights?
    Life, Liberty, Property
  • What are Locke's Natural Rights?
    Life, Liberty, Property
  • What is the main function of the legislative branch?
    Make Laws
  • What was the Role of Government according to John Locke?
    To protect people's rights
  • Which ideas belong to Locke?
    Natural rights, Social Contract, Natural Law
  • What does the principle of "checks and balances" ensure?
    Each branch can limit the power of the others.
  • What does the term "separation of powers" mean?
    Government should be divided into three branches.
  • What are Natural Rights?
    Rights that cannot be taken
  • Which branch has the authority to interpret laws and declare them unconstitutional?
    Judicial/Supreme Court
  • Which ideas belong to Montesquieu?
    Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
  • What is a social contract?
    People unite to make a government
  • Extra points: Who wrote common sense?
    Thomas Paine
  • What is the highest law of the land in a constitutional government?
    Constitution
  • What is the primary function of the executive branch?
    Enforce the laws
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